COLONIE — A Verizon employee lost his job after police arrested him for texting himself a racy picture from a customer's phone without permission.

Dominic Pirozzi of Ballston Spa, a worker in Verizon's Route 7 store, is expected to be arraigned in Town Court Wednesday for allegedly swiping a picture of a topless woman off the phone of a customer who took it to the store for repair, according to police.

Pirozzi, 33, was charged with the misdemeanor of unauthorized use of a computer. The owner of the phone noticed the image had been sent from his phone, and reported it to police, according to investigators.

Pirozzi was arrested on Jan. 2, according to a police report. He lost his job over the incident, which allegedly occurred Dec. 20, police said.